319553096 | ablution | noun, a washing or cleansing of the body, usually about any ritualized cleaning | |
319553097 | immaculate | adj, not blemished, impeccably clean, flawless | |
319553098 | purge | verb, to cleanse or purify, to get rid of impurities | |
319553099 | expurgate | verb, to remove erroneous obscene or otherwise objectionable material from a book or other piece of writing before publication | |
319553100 | bowlderize | verb, literary cleansing, to cleanse a manuscript of what is deemed offensive material or to shorten it so as to skew the content in a certain way. | |
319553101 | unadulterated | adj, pure, not diluted with irrelevant or unnecessary material. | |
319553102 | fumigate | to employ smoke in order to disinfect or exterminate | |
319553103 | hygienic | adj, sanitary or sufficiently clean to promote or preserve health | |
319553104 | pristine | adj, clean and pure, free from dirt or decay. Original or uncorrupted | |
319553105 | winnow | verb, to rid of undesirable parts or to separate the good from the bad. | |
319553106 | apotheosis | noun, glorification, giving god-like stature to | |
319553107 | apostate | noun, someone who has abandoned either religious faith or political party or cause | |
319553108 | heretic | noun, a person who holds controversial options | |
319621540 | theocracy | noun, a government ruled by religious authority | |
319621541 | numinous | adj, having a supernatural presence or spiritually elevated. | |
319621542 | ecumenical | adj, universal, or worldwide scope | |
319621543 | redemption | noun, salvation from sin through the sacrifice of jesus, to rescue or save, deliverance upon payment of a ransom | |
319621544 | sanctimonious | adj, pretending to be sacred, excessively righteous | |
319621545 | transcendent | adj, lying beyond the normal range of perception, not part of the material universe. | |
319621546 | ecclesiastical | adj, of or relating to a church or appropriate for use in a church | |
319621547 | pantheon | noun, an ancient and beautiful circular building that went from a temple to a church in rome, or a general term for a group of people regarded as most important in a certain field or era. | |
319621548 | sacrilegious | adj, behavior that is disrespectful toward things many consider sacred, literally or figuratively. | |
319621549 | canon | noun, church law or codes established by a church council, usually used metaphorically | |
319621550 | laity | noun, people who are not members of the clergy or not part of some specialized group | |
319621551 | credo | noun, a formal statement of beliefs | |
319621552 | messianic | adj, a zealous or over zealous belief in a cause or a leader | |
319621553 | incarnation | noun, a fleshly version of the divine | |
319621554 | venial | adj, a minor sin, easily forgivable, unfortunate but not terribly offensive | |
319621555 | conclave | noun, a meeting of the cardinals of the church to select a new pope, or any highly secret meeting | |
319621556 | hagiography | noun, life of a saint, a biographical account so uncritical it makes the subject sound too good to be human |
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